References

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
The guard who intimidates Derek when he is first brought to prison uses the same lines that Sgt. Foley said to Zack Mayo, almost word-for-word: 'You better stop eye-balling me, boy! I'll rip your eyeballs out of their sockets and skull-fuck you to death.'

Death to Smoochy (2002)
In AHX, Edward Norton's character tells someone "You fucked with the wrong bull." In DtS Norton's character tells someone "You fucked with the wrong rhino."

25th Hour (2002)
During his speech in the bathroom, Edward Norton says, "Slavery ended one hundred and thirty seven years ago. Move the fuck on!" This is a reference to American History X (1998), where he says, "Slavery ended like a hundred and thirty years ago, how long does it take to get your act together?"

Leaves of Grass (2009)
Bill Kincaid tells his brother Brady to not be Anti-Semitic. Edward Norton's character Derek Vinyard in 'American History X' was Anti-Semitic and even had a Swastika on his chest. Also, Bill losses his brother at the end of Leaves of Grass just like Derek lost his brother Danny at the end of American History X.